DETROIT-Since 2008, Barack Obama has consistently promoted the goal of having 1 million pulg-in electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015. But industry analysts differ sharply on whether that number is achievable. MORE
GREENVILLE, SC-General Electric Energy plans to hire about 100 machinists, welders and maintenance technicians at its assembly plant here and is holding a job information fair for candidates. MORE
PEORIA-The chief executive of Caterpillar wrote a letter to Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn raising the possibility the heavy equipment company could move out of Illinois because of concerns that the direction the state is heading isn't favorable to business. MORE
CUERO, TX-IDX Corp. is investing $5.1 million in a new assembly plant to make wood and metal fixtures for retail stores. The plant will create 125 jobs. MORE
DETROIT-The cities of Detroit and Hamtramck have reached an agreement, dismissing their lawsuits against each other after a protracted dispute over tax revenues from the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant. MORE
COLORADO SPRINGS-A company that makes equipment for huge solar power installations is building an assembly plant here. Olson Motor and Control manufactures solar combiner boxes-equipment that collects the power from individual solar panels, combines it, and sends it to an inverter. MORE
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